Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 23, 2023 | advanced to third reading |
Mar 22, 2023 | 2nd report cal. |
Mar 21, 2023 | 1st report cal.533 |
Jan 27, 2023 | referred to education |
senate Bill S3129
Sponsored By
John W. Mannion
(D) 50th Senate District
Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr
(D) 15th Senate District
Pamela Helming
(R, C, IP) 54th Senate District
S3129 (ACTIVE) - Details
S3129 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3129 SPONSOR: MANNION TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to allowing for unli- censed personnel to administer seizure rescue medication PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to authorize school districts to have licensed professionals administer seizure rescue nasal sprays, licensed individuals to teach unlicensed individuals how to administer such rescue nasal spray and authorize students to carry such medication in schools. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of this bill would amend Section 921 of the Education Law to include diazepam or midazolam nasal spray as a medication in which licensed medical professionals may administer at schools in rescue situ- ations.
S3129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3129 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MANNION, ADDABBO, HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Educa- tion AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing for unli- censed personnel to administer seizure rescue medication THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 921 of the education law, as amended by chapter 339 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: 1. The board of education or trustees of each school district and board of cooperative educational services and nonpublic schools are authorized, but not obligated to have licensed registered professional nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians train unlicensed school personnel to administer prescribed glucagon or epinephrine auto injectors, OR ADMINISTER DIAZEPAM OR MIDAZOLAM NASAL SPRAY in emergency situations, where an appropriately licensed health professional is not available, to pupils who have the written permission of a physician or other duly authorized health care provider for the administration of glucagon [or], emergency epinephrine auto injector, OR DIAZEPAM OR MIDAZOLAM NASAL SPRAY, along with written parental consent, during the school day on school property and at any school function as such terms are defined, respectively, by subdivisions one and two of section eleven of this chapter. Training must be provided by a physician or other duly authorized licensed health care professional in a compe- tent manner and must be completed in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner in regulation. § 2. The education law is amended by adding two new sections 902-c and 916-c to read as follows: § 902-C. TREATMENT OF STUDENTS DIAGNOSED WITH EPILEPSY BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 1. LICENSED NURSES, NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PHYSICIAN ASSIST- ANTS, OR PHYSICIANS EMPLOYED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR BOARDS OF COOPER- ATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO ADMINISTER PRESCRIBED DIAZEPAM OR MIDAZOLAM NASAL SPRAY, TO TEACH AN UNLICENSED PERSON TO
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